Tim Martens said:
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this dog got returned this past week. i thought there would be problems. this dog was one serious mofo. sleeve, suit, nothing, he didn't care. he wanted to dismember you. VERY serious. VERY civil. i never got to see the dog work a search, i just saw him do some obedience and some bitework. i was told that on searches, when he would get in odor, he would get worked up in a frenzy. well they were doing a building search and the dog went into the room where the decoy was and he started doing his frenzy thing. the handler walked into the room and the dog lit him up. they couldn't get him off his arm for a little bit. not pretty from what i heard. as it was, the handler was afraid of this dog before this incident even though he had never come up the leash on him or balked at any correction. i have also been told that the dog wasn't that great of a search dog. not enough hunt drive, play drive, whatever you want to call it.
i'm not sure of the dogs suitability for police work because of the search issues, but he's a dog i would love to have for a breeding program. bred to a bitch with a lot of prey/play drive but lacking in seriousness would make for a nice litter potentially...
incidentally, when the unit supervisor brought the dog back, he picked out a nice, mellow GSD/Mal mix for the new handler. when he was in the hotel room with the dog and they were about to go out for a bite to eat, he grabbed the dog's collar, walked him over to the crate, let go of the collar and directed the dog into the crate. when he let go of the collar, the dog turned around and lit him up. not a good week for the county dog program....